On December 11, a 4-3 majority (Kasperzak, Siegel, Bryant, and Macias voting no) of the Mountain View City Council rejected the staff wording of potential housing impact fee resolutions, which was based on a majority consensus during previous Council deliberations. A second motion passed 4-3 (Means, Inks, Abe-Koga, Macias voting yes). As approved by Council, starting February 9, 2013, commercial "Office/High Tech" developers will be assessed $10/square foot, and there will be no increase for "Retail/Entertainment" and "Hotel" types of non-residential development (it was proposed to be a 2.5x increase in fees for everyone, meaning $15/square foot for offices). There had been previous widespread agreement that non-residential development is the main driver of the need for affordable housing for lower-wage workers, which has now reached crisis proportions in Mountain View. Further development allowed under the new General Plan will exacerbate this. Also starting February 9, 2013, rental-housing developers (who would be required to provide 10% BMR units under our 1999 BMR ordinance) will also be assessed $10/square foot, equivalent to less than 5% BMR units, and not an incentive for them to provide "units, not fees".